The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Suggestion That the Spot Where
Hon. jefferson Davis Was Captured
in Irwin County be Enclosed anc
Preserved as a Park-A Colonies
Unsuccessful Attempt to Kiss Miss
Davis at Sparta.
GEORGIA.
Matthew Butts, of Miledgeville, died
Tuesday.
Postmaster commissioned Oct. 81. fourth
class office, Francis NJ. Ewing, Bolmgbroke,
Ga.
1t is estimated that between fifty and
sixty people were converted at bonneville
camp meeting,
The Baptist Church of Sandersville has
called its present pastor, Rev. B. H. lvey
to serve for another year and he has
accepted the call
A change has been made in the post Office
at Sylvania. r. w. Wells has been ap-
pointed to the position of postmaster, and
the post Office will soon be RENT we'd to his
stores
/. P Wimberly has sold his interest in
the mercantile establishment of Wimberly
& Horne, at Hawkinsville, to S. F. and G.
A. Horne who will continue the business at
the same stand. Mr.. Wimberly says that
he will soon engage in the naval stores bust
ness.
The" depositors in the late Freedman's
bank held a meeting at Macon Monday
night, and decided to place petition in the
hands of Congressman Blount, to be pre-
scented by him to the President, asking that
a paragraph of his message be devoted to
their relief. The petition will be gotten up
this week.
The dwelling of Mrs King, a widow lady
living at Scandrett's saw mill, was burned
1t = Il
OF the family. 1t is supposed the house, a
small wooden frame building, was first
robbed and then set on fire, as Mrs. King
had small sum of money in the house she
had recently received from the hire of her
son.
Last Thursday Col William Wells was in
his mills, at Smithville, and in passing
through the cotton rooms, noticed the cot
ton piling under one of the gins. He took a
stick and ate apted to move the cotton
The saws of the gin caught the sleeve of his
overcoat, and in an instant his arm was
badly lacerated to the elbow The band
was thrown off, and Mr.. Wells rescued.
The fair was indirectly productive of a
broken leg for a gentleman of Baldwin
county, and a consequent suit against the
Central railroad for $4,000 damages 1t
seems that the principal actor in the fatal
1ty became confused in the crowded. coach
from Macon, inquired for Miledgeville, was
told that the station had been passed, and
that he must jump off. He jumped Re
suit, the aforementioned broken leg and
suit.
Willis Mitchell, son of Ike Mitchell, the
colored fisherman at Fountains mill near
Hawkinsville, met an untimely death on
Wednesday of last week. He was filling
baskets for his mother, who was feeding the
gin, and in his idle moments had grabbed
round hole in the cotton from the top of the
pile to the floor While playing around the
hole he fell into it headforemost and was
smothered to death before discovered. The
boy was about is years old.
Ben Carrie, of Kennesaw, had a mort
gage foreclosed or last Friday by Langston
& WOoten for about 81, 500 Mr. Carrie
gave a mortgage one day after date with
the understanding that he should not be in
terrupted in business, but Langston &
Wooten closed down on him at once His
collections have been slow, but he has on
his books SIS, 900 and only owes about 81
900. With a little indulgence he would
have made collections and paid his indebt-
edness.
AT Macon Wednesday, the term of the
Circuit Court was taken up with the trial
of the case of f. NJ. Mickleiohn VS.. the
: Georgia Land and Lumber Company. This
is suit for $4,000 damages for injuries
received by Micklejohn, who is a railroad
engineer, in an accident on a private rail
roal belonging to the Land and Lumber
Company. 1t is probable that several days
will be consumed in the trial of this case
Many fine legal points are involved and the
case will be strongly contested.
K. Sato, of Japan, has been stopping in
Rome day or two, on his way to Oxford,
Ga, to attend college. He belongs to an
influential family in his native country,
who, becoming converted to Christianity,
sent the young man TO America to be edu-
Gated as Methodist missionary He has
been for some time attending the college at
De Paw, Ind, but being nuI-tured in a
milder cline, it was found that the severe
winters in the West were too much for his
constitution, and he was sent South.
A Nurnberger, the owner of the old Ham
burg Brewery on Schultz Hill, Augusta.
has leased it to Northern parties who will
remodel the building and fit it up with new
machinery for the manufacture of pure
beer. Willauer & Koenneker, of Pennsyl-
vania, the leSSees. have the building and
ground secured for the next thirty months.
Willauer ~ Koenneker are both in the
city, and have commenced work repairing
the dilapidated building. The machinery
and coppers have been ordered out from the
North, and beer will be turned out from the
brewery within the next three months.
John Dupree, of Sumter county, has had
a challenge out for some time to the parties
that have running dogs to catch foxes on
his place. w. p lowers, of Webster; John
II. Walker, of Sumter, and several other
parties have tried at various times, and
always returned without the brush after a
long and wearisome race. Saturday night
Maj M. B. Council, w. L. Clements James
Bass and John Dupree took turn after Rey-
nard. They Bon struck trail and the
music of the dogs sent thrill all through
the country around. People got up from
their beds and called it delightful sere-
made The old fox doubled and twisted
climbed trees, swan creeks and jumped to
the side, and ran as never fox ran before,
but he didn't lose the dogs, and after a
seven hours chase was run down and cap
tured
A sad and probably fatal accident oc-
CURED last Friday evening at Bateman's
mill near Butler in which it is feared that a
IA year old daughter of R. H. Cleaveland
viii lose her life. During the rain on Fri
day several children had gone into the mill
house for shelter, and while engaged at play
one of them became entangled in the shaft
ing Of the mill. An older sister
seeing the dangerous condition of her
younger sister ran to her relief Be
ing unable to extricate her sister, and
her clothing being very wet, she was also
caught by the whirl of the shaftiug. and
carried round and round in such manner
as to strike several obstacles that were near